Item 2227: Draper Model D Loom, Atlantic Mill, 1919

Printed in 1974 from glass plate negative no.B2227. July 11, 1919. Photograph of a photograph. Image depicts a Draper Company (or Draper Corporation) Model D loom, which was a heavy standard loom. Loom is displayed against a white background; the original photo may have been done for advertising purposes. The "Atlantic Mill" referred to on the reverse of the print is probably the Atlantic Cotton Mills in Lawrence, Massachusetts, which were cotton mills. The Atlantic Mills were idle by 1913 and dismantled in March 1915. This loom may be been used in or at least sold to the Atlantic Cotton Mills by Draper, which was located in Hopedale, Massachusetts 25.25 x 20.25 cm.